Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages e255-e260 , March 2010

Thermal injuries to autologous breast reconstructions and their donor sites – literature review and report of six cases

Received 19 March 2009 ,Accepted 25 June 2009.

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☆ Poster presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery, Nottingham, UK, September 2008.

PII: S1748-6815(09)00498-7

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.06.040

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Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages e255-e260 , March 2010

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